Out of the box, Joomla! does a great job of managing the content needed to make your Web site sing. But for many people, the true power of Joomla! lies in the application framework that makes it possible for developers all around the world to create powerful add-ons that are called Extensions. An Extension is [...]

I recently released jQuery plugin for Joomla on joomlaguru.com.np. This is a simple plugin that allows user to use jQuery in Joomla and is based on my tutorial here. This plugin works in two modes and allows user a flexibility to replace or use jquery in conjunction with mootools.  This plugin is released under GNU/GPL [...]

I created a twitter module for joomla 1.5 few days back and I am sharing it with you. The module is simple and loads the tweets from the twitter account that is set from the module parameters page. And hence the tweeter account can only set by adminitrator. This module is free to use and [...]

Good news and Congratulations to every Joomligans – The most awaited Joomla 1.6 is in its alpha 2. I personally believe this will be better joomla than ever. Better navigation, better organization of contents and better extension development environment and many more. The most important thing in this joomla for me is ACL management, still [...]

Yes! Joomla 1.5.x comes with mootools 1.1.x and it is a pity when you cannot use best of the latest mootools widgets with joomla 1.5.x.  To make the matter worse, you will rarely find forums and blogs that discusses about mootools 1.1. In this case you will definitely want to use mootools 1.2.x with Joomla [...]

I found a nice mootools code in David Walsh’s Blog. This code gathers all the siblings of an element but this code is compatible with mootools1.2 and above. I have modified the code a little to implement it in mootools1.1. Why mootools 1.1? because Joomla1.5 still uses mootools1.1. (Joomla1.6 will have mootools1.2). So here is [...]

Have you ever wanted to automatically ajaxify joomla links? This is to say if you ever wished that all the links would open with ajax request in your main component area! If yes, then read on! This small tutorial will teach you how to automatically implement ajax requests in every link on a joomla page. [...]

Joomla ! (till Ver 1.5.10)  by default supports mootools 1.11. The core is still not updated to use mootools 1.2x version. Now back to the topic. jQuery and Mootools are known to produce conflicts when used together. jQuery is more reliable and robust than mootools (It is my personal view)  but it is however not [...]

This tutorial is the continuation of my previous tutorial on Building MVC-model-view-controller component in Joomla1.5 – Part 1. In this tutorial, I will talk about the directory structure of a component. All components should be created under components folder. This applies to both administrator and user part of Joomla. A component under the root components [...]

Do you own a site that needs to be updated regularly? Or Do you want your site to boast of useful tips, news that is scattered all over the internet in various websites? If Yes and you are willing to do less manual work for all those tedious job, then JoomRSS should be your answer. [...]